Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9523SE VICTORIA PLACE 630-1/7/975 (West side) 05/05/72 Nos.2-32 (Even)

GV II

Terrace of 16 houses. c1830-40. Builders of Nos 2-24: Urch and Seabright. Stucco over brick with concealed roof and brick party-wall stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2:2:3:3:3:2:2:3 otherwise 2 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes first-floor band; crowning cornice where original, blocking course and copings. 6/6 and 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes where original, some 1/1 horned sashes, several first-floor openings are blind. All in plain reveals and with sills. Entrances have 4-panel doors where original, some part-glazed, with fanlights, some have radial glazing bars, some now blocked. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: a substantially complete surviving example of an artisan terrace. This area shown as partly built on Merrett's Map of 1834. Other buildings by Urch and Seabright include Nos 106-116 Fairview Road (qv). (Blake S: 'Urch and Seabright: Cabinet-makers and Builders': Cheltenham Local History Society Journal: 1985-: 13-23; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).



Listing NGR: SO9553522484

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